Frankenstein & Bride Brownies
Bake up some spooky treats this Halloween with monster Frankenstein & Bride Brownies! Perfect for your Halloween party, these delicious brownies are sure to bring smiles. Make them today and celebrate the season with these terrifying treats
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 batch of brownies for 8x8 pan baked (I used Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate Brownie 19.9 oz. Mix) - Makes 9 large or 12 smaller brownies.
- 1 batch of Vanilla Buttercream Frosting or you can use pre-made vanilla frosting if you want an easy shortcut for the Frankenstein faces.
- Food Coloring Gels I used Green, Red, Black colors
- Candies Use whatever you want to accessorize but I used bloody bones, skulls and pearl chocolate candies (sixlets).
Instructions
Prepping the Brownies & Make the Frosting Colors
- Prepare brownies as directed on box and let cool completely.
- Slice the brownies into squares.
- Make the buttercream frosting below in notes or purchase some pre-made and make green, black and red frosting as well as leaving some of the white frosting.
- Spread a layer of green icing on top of each brownie.
How to Decorate the Frankenstein Brownies
- Using the black decorating icing and a star tip, fill in the hair to your Frankenstein brownie. Add an upper headline if you want with a stitch, for a dramatic effect.
- With the black frosting, using a small round tip, to each of the brownies, add eyes, a mouth and scars/stitches wherever you wish.
- Add some white dots to the eyes, if you wish or fill in with candies.
- For Mr. Frankenstein, add some bloody bones to the sides of the neck. Add any other skulls or whatever candies you want at this time.
- Ready to serve up some creepy, yet cute monster Halloween brownies!
How to Decorate the Bride of Frankenstein Brownies
- Using the black decorating icing and a star tip, fill in the hair to your Frankenstein brownie. Add 2 white frosting zig-zag lines with a small star or round tip in the hair to give her the black and white hair.
- With the black frosting, using a small round tip, to each of the brownies, add eyes, a mouth and scars/stitches wherever you wish. For Frankenstein’s bride, you can do a red mouth to make her look super cute using a small round tip.
- Add some white dots to the eyes, if you wish or fill in with candies.
- Add some sixlets on the sides of the neck to doll her up! Add any other skulls or whatever candies you want at this time.
- Ready to serve up some girly Halloween monster brownies!
Notes
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe
- 1½ cups unsalted butter , softened
- 5-6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract or cake batter extract
- pinch of salt
- 2 - 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Using mixer on a medium setting, cream the butter until it is smooth and has lightened in color, about 3 minutes.
- Add confectioner's sugar, ½ a cup at a time. After each cup has been incorporated, turn the mixer onto the highest speed setting and for about 10 seconds to lighten the frosting.
- Add vanilla and a pinch of salt and combine until well-incorporated.
- Add heavy cream until the frosting has reached the preferred consistency.
- For a firmer frosting, add more confectioner's sugar, a ¼ cup at a time.
- For a softer frosting, add more milk or cream, a tablespoon at a time.